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A care center employee in the Netherlands washes his hands following hygiene guidelines as the institution readies preventive measures against a possible spread of the COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, which has already affected neighboring countries, on Feb. 27, 2020

Column: As coronavirus spreads, we must protect the rich — and other tips from a new ‘expert’

March 4, 2020 at 10:34 a.m.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, I have followed the lead of every American with a Twitter account and become an expert virologist. Rather than hoard my vast and recently acquired...

Joy and Daniel Symonds, seen here in 2020, launched Operation LOVE four years ago. The organization is helping coordinate the Elgin burial services for U.S. Army Cpl. Eriverto Ortiz, a Korean War soldier whose remains were identified in August after 74 years. (Courier-News file photo)

Column: Another funeral for an unclaimed Elgin veteran, and a chance for us all to come together

March 2, 2020 at 6:23 p.m.

Let's set aside, at least for a moment, our fear of the coronavirus. Our fixation on stock market slump. Our divisions and political bloodlust. Let's focus on a man few...

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and President Donald Trump at a news conference about coronavirus in the White House on Feb. 26, 2020, in Washington.

Column: Dow’s worst week shows Trump didn’t calm coronavirus fears. So blame Mike Pence

February 28, 2020 at 4:55 p.m.

President Donald Trump wants the stock market and the American people to chill out and stop worrying about the coronavirus. That's why he took time out from his busy schedule...

People participate in the 19th Annual Chicago Polar Plunge fundraiser for Special Olympics Chicago athletes on March 3, 2019, at North Avenue Beach in Chicago.

Column: Will this cowardly Floridian take Chicago’s Polar Plunge? Nope, but he’ll beg others to dive in

February 26, 2020 at 1:29 p.m.

Thousands of people will line up along the lakeshore at North Avenue Beach this weekend and run in what I consider the wrong direction. They'll be running toward the water...

A woman takes a photo of the television while watching a Democratic presidential debate at a watch party in Atlanta on July 27, 2019.

Column: Only Bernie Sanders can beat Donald Trump: A simulation of male punditry

February 24, 2020 at 11:23 a.m.

While Sen. Bernie Sanders is now the front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, there's still ample confusion over which of the remaining candidates stands the best chance of beating President...

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks with a fellow traveler as he awaits his flight back to Chicago at Denver International Airport on Feb. 18, 2020, in Colorado after being released from prison earlier in the evening. "I can't wait to get home," Blagojevich said at the airport after President Donald Trump commuted the ex-Illinois governor's 14-year sentence.

Column: Unrepentant Blah-Blah-Blagojevich will try to rewrite history. It’s time to #MuteBlago.

February 20, 2020 at 1:09 p.m.

More than seven years in the slammer should give a person like Rod Blah-Blah-Blagojevich time for introspection, time to do what many criminals do while locked up: Recognize their actions...

Norma Castillo joins about 100 people as they march outside the James R. Thompson Center on Jan. 9, 2009, rallying for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment.

Column: Blagojevich commutation shows Trump is assembling a Corruption Dream Team

February 18, 2020 at 7:59 p.m.

People in Illinois who are shaking their heads over President Donald Trump's decision to commute the sentence of disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich are missing our dear leader's brilliant strategy....

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 12, 2020, in Washington.

Column: Trump’s health care lie revealed and a Justice Department corrupted. RIP Democracy: The Week in Review

February 14, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

Amid the constant din of Trumpsplosions in Washington and the sound of Michael Bloomberg blowing up the Democratic presidential primary, we learned that Jussie Smollett is still in trouble, winter...

Then-South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, left, embraces husband Chasten Buttigieg on April 14, 2019, after announcing his run for president.

Column: Garbage-human Rush Limbaugh says manly Trump will ‘have fun’ with spouse-smoocher Pete Buttigieg

February 13, 2020 at 11:32 a.m.

Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh, who daily demonstrates what would happen if a landfill learned to vent its decomposition gases into a microphone, has smartly weighed in on Democratic presidential...

Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Column: New Jussie Smollett charges show his case and Kim Foxx’s handling of it fit well in a fact-averse age

February 12, 2020 at 11:53 a.m.

The case against Jussie Smollett — which now, thanks to a special prosecutor, is actually a case again — fits nicely into this moment in our history. We're living in...

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